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package org.apache.ws.commons.tcpmon.core.filter.mime;

import javax.activation.MimeType;

import org.apache.ws.commons.tcpmon.core.filter.StreamFilter;

/**
 * Factory that returns filters for given content types.
 */
public interface ContentFilterFactory {
    /**
     * Get a new filter (chain) for the given content type.
     * 
     * @param contentType the content type
     * @return the filters to apply to the content or
     *         <code>null</code> (or an empty array) if no
     *         filter should be applied
     */
    StreamFilter[] getContentFilterChain(MimeType contentType);
}
